Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation airspeed
  • abbreviation American Samoa
  • abbreviation Anglo-Saxon
  • abbreviation antisubmarine
  • abbreviation Associate in Science

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  • noun The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for American Samoa.
  • abbreviation Anglo-Saxon
  • abbreviation Advanced Supplementary
  • abbreviation Advanced Subsidiary
  • abbreviation neurology Asperger's syndrome
  • abbreviation US, Navy Auxiliary Submarine - a naval tender, a submarine tender that tends to submarines

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Examples

  • Through some such crisis as we have spoken of, through the extreme of suffering, the mind of Man, AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED, has to die.

    Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning Edward Carpenter 1886

  • Italy is the land of divisions: North vs. South; left vs. right; soccer, perhaps no division is as bitter as the one between fans of the two Rome teams, AS

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • However, Begiristain was quoted as saying by AS newspaper: "If Barcelona consider it necessary for the team, they will go for him, whilst always respecting the negotiations."

    icHuddersfield 2010

  • We knew it would be a difficult game and it has been, but there is a lot of anxiety on this team and that has shown, Alvarez was quoted as saying by AS before declaring that the hostility from the home support is not helping his team.

    Search for "anxiety" 2010

  • As usual, AS and Marca are competing with each other in expressing optimism about the chances of Real Madrid to overtake Barca.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • Italy is the land of divisions: North vs. South; left vs. right; soccer, perhaps no division is as bitter as the one between fans of the two Rome teams, AS

    WN.com - Articles related to Prosecution Seeks Death Sentence for Mumbai Attacker 2010

  • My first son had an immediate reaction to his MMR shot as a toddler and is now an individual with AS.

    Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums 2009

  • "The dream of every footballer is to play at the highest level, to play in the Champions League, the highest level in European football," he was quoted as saying by Spanish newspaper AS.

    Soccerway.com 2009

  • As the local hospitality industry is projected to grow, with the completion of two Integrated Resorts in the coming year, AS partnered Swiss hospitality education institutions Glion Hotel School and Les Roches to provide students with the advantage of receiving a hospitality education from Switzerland, which has an established tourism and hospitality sector.

    TODAYonline 2009

  • It uses the same basic schema, with a regimen of long-term (2 yrs) of AS + RT in the control arm, and AS+ RT with cytotoxic chemotherapy in the experimental arm.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

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